Rift Update 1.7 Chronicle -
River of Souls: Chains of Death

Among the many additions coming with Update 1.7
is the release of the newest Chronicle, River of Souls: Chains of
Death. This 2 person instance is the shortest of the 3 main chronicles,
but it may be the one packed with the most lore. Using the same
physical entrance and environment as the 20 player raid zone, CoD sends
players off on a story of espionage, reconnaissance and trickery.
This scaled down version also features none other than the betrayer of Port Scion, Alsbeth the
Discordant as it's key figure. There are three boss encounters and two repeatable quests
featured here, with rewards of Plaques of Achievement and
various blue items. There are also two new collections and an
achievement to reward your efforts.

The instance is fairly compact and can be completed rather quickly by 2
quest geared players or a solo T1+ geared toon. Like all Chronicles,
CoD is designed to give non-raiding players an alternate path to seeing
the lore of the game, as well as providing gear upgrades.

At the entrance you will find yourself outfitted to look like a member
of the Endless Court and will note that many of the mobs inside con
friendly to you. Approaching the first NPC will start the zone
quest, Chains of Death, that first tasks you with gathering up
siphoned power from the River of
Souls. A second quest, Alsbeth's Binding, is available just up
the path that will require
you to weaken mobs to under 50% and then use a quest item to turn them
friendly. The quest item is clickable from the quest tracker.

The second boss encounter, Tychus Ranthar, is a bit harder than first.
The mob comes with two adds at the pull and hits pretty hard. Dispatch
the adds, pop any cooldowns and burn the boss as quick as possible. At
approximately 30% health he will cast an incapacitation on you that
lifts you into the air and deals moderate damage, make sure not to go
into that phase with low health.

Once the repeatable quests are done and the first two bosses are
defeated, you can move up the hill to the final part of the instance.
Make sure to clear all the trash as there is a slight chance to receive
an epic mount similar to the one from the 20 player raid. One
nice feature of the new Chronicle is the addition of NPCs
to sell trash items to at a small camp just past the second boss.

Dropping off the pilfered souls to Plutonus the Immortal triggers a
neat sequence that progresses you on to the final set of encounters
with Alsbeth.

The dialogue section with Alsbeth was among my favorite parts of the
instance as I am a huge lore nerd. Listening to her story will grant
you the opportunity to unlock the final fight in the zone; a showdown
with Gaurath, a rather angry undead dragon.

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Check out the video below for a preview of the Gaurath encounter and
keep an eye out for more information about Update 1.7 as it draws
closer to release.

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